Delivered to my inbox by virtuous elves, acting in secret: Gemstone have signed “new, hot talent,” to take over on Donald Duck and Friends with issue #375, and I am pleased to have the chance to present to you two pages from the issue. My source refused to name the new writer, but I have a definite hunch as regards his identity. It’s certainly a radical, daring shift for a Disney property, but I honestly think this new approach will bring in an as-yet untapped crossover market.

For me, it was the internal monologues that let me identify the parody. Internal monologues that sound like one-way conversations with a specific person are one of Miller’s most distinct writing traits. Helps give them their hard-boiled feel.

Damn. I am still asleep at this unholy hout, I never even saw wat site was this, took it for granted it was Newsarama or whatever. Would you believe I got to the last panel of the first page before I actually realized this wasn’t for real?